第1级-《歌剧院的幽灵》-第11课

前情提要 

克里斯廷再次约拉乌尔在剧院楼顶上见面。这次，克里斯廷告诉了拉乌尔一个惊人的事实——她被剧院的幽灵带走了，带到歌剧院的底下、湖边的一座房子里。并且，这幽灵不是鬼，而是一个相貌丑陋的男人，名叫埃里克。埃里克这么做是为什么？

故事原文 

The Phantom of the Opera L11

歌剧院的幽灵 L11

'Oh Raoul, he has the most terrible face! It is so ugly! I wanted to scream and run away.⑴ But where could I run to? He has the face of a dead man, Raoul, but he is not dead! He has no nose, just two black holes in his yellow face. And his eyes! Sometimes they are black holes, sometimes they have a terrible red light...'⑵

“哦！拉乌尔，他有张最最可怕的脸！它是如此的丑陋！我真想尖叫着跑掉，可是我能往哪儿跑？他有一张死人一样的脸，拉乌尔，但是他并不是死人！他没有鼻子，在他黄色的脸上只有两个黑洞。还有他的眼睛！有时候它们是黑洞，有时候它们则发出可怕的红光……”

She put her face in her hands for a second. Then she said, 'I stayed in his house for five days. He was very good to me, and I felt sorry for him, Raoul. He wants me to love him, and I told him...I told him...'

她把脸埋入双手之中，片刻之后她说: “我在他的房子里住了5天。他对我非常好，我觉得对不起他，拉乌尔。他希望我爱他，而我告诉他……我告诉他……”

'No, Christine, no! You're going to be my wife! Come away with me at once, today! You can't go back to him.'⑶

“不，克里斯廷，不！你将成为我的妻子！来，马上和我离开这儿，就在今天！你不能回到他那儿去。”

'But I must,' Christine said quietly. 'He knows about you, Raoul. He knows about us. He says he's going to kill you. I must go back to him.'

“但是我必须，”克里斯廷轻声道，“他知道你，拉乌尔。他知道我们的事。他说他要杀了你。我必须回到他那儿去。”

'Never!' said Raoul. 'I love you, Christine, and I'm going to kill this Erik!'

“决不！”拉乌尔说，“我爱你，克里斯廷，而且我要杀了这个埃里克！”

Erik...Erik...Erik...Erik... The word whispered round the Opera House.⑷ Raoul and Christine stared.

埃里克……埃里克……埃里克……埃里克……这声音在歌剧院里低声回荡着。拉乌尔和克里斯廷面面相觑。

'What was that?' Raoul said, afraid. 'Was that...his voice? Where did it come from?'

“那是什么？”拉乌尔害怕地说，“那是……他的声音吗？是从哪儿发出来的？”

'I'm afraid, Raoul, Christine whispered.' I'm singing Margarita again on Saturday. What's going to happen?'

“我害怕，拉乌尔，”克里斯廷轻声说，“星期六我将再次演唱玛格丽塔。到时候会发生什么事呢？”

'This,' Raoul said. 'After the opera on Saturday night, you and I are going away together. Come on, let's go down now. I don't like it up here.'

“这样，”拉乌尔说，“演完星期六晚上的那场歌剧以后，你和我一起离开这儿。现在我们下去吧。我不喜欢待在这里。”

They went carefully along a dark passage to some stairs, then suddenly stopped. There was a man in front of them, a tall man in a long dark coat and a black hat. He turned and looked at them.

他们小心翼翼地沿着黑暗的走廊朝楼梯走去，接着突然停住了。有一个男人站在他们前面，这是一个高个子男人，穿着深色长外衣，戴着一顶黑色帽子。他转过身来看着他们。

'No, not these stairs,' he said. 'Go to the stairs at the front. And go quickly!'

“不，别走这楼梯，”他说，“去前面那楼梯，快走！”

Christine turned and ran. Raoul ran after her.

克里斯廷转身就跑。拉乌尔跟着她跑。

'Who was that man?' he asked.

“那个人是谁？”他问。

'It's the Persian,' Christine answered.

“是个波斯人。”克里斯廷回答。

'But who is he? What's his name? Why did he tell us to go to the front stairs?'

“但是他是谁？他叫什么名字？为什么他告诉我们要走前面的楼梯？”

'Nobody knows his name. He's just the Persian. He's always in the Opera House. I think he knows about Erik, but he never talks about him. Perhaps he saw Erik on those stairs, and wanted to help us.'

“没有人知道他的名字。他就是波斯人。他经常在歌剧院里。我想他知道埃里克，但是他从不提及他。或许他看到埃里克在那楼梯上，而想帮助我们。”

Hand in hand, they ran quickly down the stairs, through passages, then more stairs and more passages.⑸ At one of the little back doors to the Opera House, they stopped.

他们手拉着手飞快地跑下楼梯，穿过走廊，又走过更多的楼梯和走廊。在歌剧院的一个小小的后门口，他们停住了。

'On Saturday night, then. After the opera,' Raoul said. 'I'm going to take you away, and marry you.'

“那么星期六晚上，演完歌剧以后，”拉乌尔说，“我要带你离开这儿，并且和你结婚。”

Christine looked up into his face. 'Yes, Raoul.'

克里斯廷抬头深情地看着他的脸。“好的，拉乌尔。”

Then they kissed, there by the door of the Opera House. Their first kiss.

随后他们接吻了，在歌剧院的那道门边。那是他们的初吻。

 （原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1.scream 尖叫

例句：They screamed with laughter at her jokes.

           她的笑话逗得他们哈哈大笑。

           It’s useless for teachers to scream at students.

           老师们对学生大喊大叫毫无用处。

2.terrible 糟糕的/可怕的（=awful)

例句：The hotel was absolutely terrible/awful.

           这个宾馆太差劲了。

           I’d better write this down. I have a terrible memory.

           我最好把这个写下来。我记性不好。

3.go back to... 回去继续做某事

例句：I turned off the alarm and went back to sleep.

           我关了闹铃，又回去睡觉了。

           He waved hello, and then went right back to study.

           他挥手问好，然后又直接回去学习了。

4.whisper 低声说

   whisper to sb. 对某人悄悄说

   the word gets round/out 有消息

例句：If word of this gets out, we’re all in trouble.

          如果你把这个传出去，我俩就有麻烦了。

          It’s a very small town and if you do something bad, word gets around.

          这个镇子很小，如果你做坏事，立刻就会传开。

5.hand in hand 手拉手；紧密相连

例句：They walked on the beach hand in hand.

           他俩手拉手在海滩上行走。

           In a film, the images and sounds go hand in hand.

           在一场电影中， 影像和声音是同步进行的。